Skyrocketed the horror genre to a whole new level.

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2020)

Technically, 28 Days Later isn't a zombie movie, although it was always categorized as one, yet it does everything a zombie apocalypse movie would do, but it does it ten times better. It really crushes the viewer into a state of complete hopelessness with it's masterful cinematography and haunting soundtrack.
The characters are all very well written, and they all find themselves lost in a harsh reality, that drives them to their absolute edge, where they decide if they should keep their humanity or give in to this unforgiving new world. These are all qualities by the books zombie movies have, but none of them reach the levels of dread "28 Days Later" has, but it also is a very well structured drama movie, that tells the story of a man, who has lost everything and is forcefully thrown into this new world. The movie masterfully balances those genres, which results in a piece of art, that breathes fresh air into a stale genre.
Using rage as a means to create the viral outbreak gives it more belieavabilty, since they take some time to explain how it all began, and not throw us some made up impossible virus, that raises the deceased. It's a scary possibility that gives the movie solid ground to work on.
While the sequel may not be of the same level of quality, this movie gives everything it's got to the viewer, and never disappoints with scaring you and giving you lots of food for thought, regarding our humanity.